Statement from the Aylesbury Estate occupation
Since the “March for Homes” demo on 31st January, we have re-opened and occupied a part of the Aylesbury Estate in Southwark, South London.
We are tenants, squatters, and other people who care about how our city is being grabbed by the rich, by developers and corrupt politicians, socially cleansed and sold off for profit.
The Aylesbury Estate is where Tony Blair made his first speech as Prime Minister in 1997, making empty promises about social housing. Since then, for the past 18 years, Southwark Council and their developer friends have come up with one misguided scheme after another. All with the same result: to dispossess the residents, demolish their homes, and dispose of the land.
In 2001 Aylesbury tenants fought and won a campaign against demolition and voted down the original scheme in a ballot. But now big areas of the estate are emptied and sealed up awaiting the bulldozers, while residents are “decanted” away from the area.
The same bullshit that we have seen on the nearby Heygate estate, and all across London.
No demolition of the Aylesbury.
No yuppy flats.
Homes for all.
We are here to fight for the Aylesbury.
We are here to fight for our city.
We are here to liberate this space and bring it back to life. Come and join us.
PS: Thank you to everyone who has come down to show support, to all our neighbours and to those who have even come from as far away as Hackney bringing tea!
PPS: Come along to our public assembly today at 6.30PM. All neighbours and friendly visitors are warmly invited.
Fight for the Aylesbury 
Good luck all! We will keep spreading the word on the occupation. Are the meetings for folks to come to?
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Hi. Yes we have a public assembly every day at 6.30 PM, all neighbours and friendly visitors are warmly invited.
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Thanks. Great.
Feel free to use any of this info:
There is lots there about the leaseholders fight against the Compulsory Purchase as well as info on the despicable fudge of ‘affordable’ homes that Notting Hill Housing Trust is pulling as chosen developer of Aylesbury Est.
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Also there is no address on your site for people to find it!
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Hi it’s on the “about page” (with a map) 77 – 105 Chartridge, Westmoreland Road, SE17.
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We’ve been spreading the word – and all the feedback we’ve had so far has been positive. Ideas how to help more with this will be shared tonight
– in the meantime, you’ve got a whole page all to yourselves on our website – https://aylesburytenantsfirst.wordpress.com/chartridge-occupation-1-2-2015/
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That’s brilliant! Thanks for all your amazing support. It’s great to feel all the solidarity and strength of people coming together to fight for the estate and the area. SOLIDARITY!
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this is a great opurtunity for all of us to change things in our favour. we need to get more people involve, in order to get what we want. it is very exiting times for us as an aylesbury tenants. SOLIDARITY…..
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